 1952-1954 |
Founding of PHENOLCHEMIE in Gladbeck by Bergwerksgesellschaft Hibernia AG, Scholven Chemie AG (both merged to VEBA Chemie AG in 1961), Rütgerswerke AG and Bakelite GmbH (in 1954 replaced by Harpener Bergbau AG).
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| 1954 |
Start up of Gladbeck plant in Germany (8 ktpa Phenol).
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| 1954-1999 |
Expansion of the Gladbeck site capacity in several steps to 620 ktpa Phenol.
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| 1969 |
Renaming of Scholven Chemie to VEBA Chemie AG.
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| 1979 |
VEBA Chemie AG transferred its 50% share to Hüls AG.
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| 1993 |
Start-up of Antwerp plant in Belgium (200 ktpa Phenol).
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| 1994 |
Full Acquisition by Hüls AG.
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| 1997 |
Doubling of capacity at Antwerp plant (420 ktpa Phenol).
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| 1998 |
Merger of Degussa AG and Hüls AG resulting in Degussa-Hüls AG.
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| 2000 |
Start up of Mobile plant in Alabama, USA (400 ktpa Phenol).
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| 2001 |
INEOS acquires PHENOLCHEMIE and forms INEOS Phenol.
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| 2003 |
Debottlenecking of Mobile plant to 440, Antwerp plant to 450 and Gladbeck plant
to 630 ktpa Phenol.
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| 2005 |
Debottlenecking of Mobile plant to 500, Antwerp plant to 470 and Gladbeck plant
to 650 ktpa Phenol. |